Operating Support
Operating Support
Walker West creates a music learning community rooted in the African-American cultural experience, where people of all ages and backgrounds can gather, explore, and grow through music.
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
Uri Camarena: business consultant; Michael Charron: arts educator, arts and civic leader; Richard Cohen: attorney in private practice, former state legislator; Emily Galusha: arts and civic leader, former arts administrator; Anthony Gardner: vice president, marketing and communications at CentraCare; Ken Martin, political strategist, campaign manager; Philip McKenzie: adjunct college faculty; Nichole Melton-Mitchell: healthcare administrator; Michele Sterner: higher education administrator; Dobson West: retired attorney; Christina Woods: executive director, Duluth Art Institute
ACHF Arts Access
More African Americans are engaged at WWMA because its programs are accessible and WWMA demonstrates the relevance of music education to their lives. Walker West has a variety of evaluation tools, including surveys, testimonials, enrollments, focus groups/interviews, and board review to ensure that we?re meeting not just this outcome, but our mission and goals.
Walker West increased the number of African Americans in programming via multiple early childhood, youth and adult programs. Walker West collected data on the ethnicity of program participants and compared it to participant data collected during the previous program year.
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